- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Baldowski Cartoon: Ministers' Manifesto
- Creator:
- Baldowski, Clifford H., 1917-1999
- Publisher:
- Clifford Baldowski Editorial Cartoon Collection, Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia, Athens
- Date of Original:
- 1960
- Subject:
- Clergy--Georgia--Atlanta
Signs and signboards--Georgia--Atlanta
Segregation in education--Georgia--Atlanta
Civil rights--Georgia--Atlanta
African Americans--Civil rights--Georgia--Atlanta
Educators--Georgia--Atlanta
Editorial cartoons--Georgia--Atlanta
Caricatures and cartoons--Georgia--Atlanta
Statue of Liberty (New York, N.Y.) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- editorial cartoons
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- This cartoon, by well-known political cartoonist Clifford "Baldy" Baldowski, refers to the Ministers' Manifesto, a statement issued by the Atlanta Christian Council in 1957 to urge the peaceful integration of public schools. A second manifesto, encouraging racial moderation, was issued in the wake of the Temple bombing in 1958. The cartoon, published in 1960, appeared in the Atlanta Constitution.
Image of a Clifford Baldowski cartoon depicting the Statue of Liberty leading ministers holding signs reading "First Ministers' Manifesto" and "Second Ministers' Manifesto." Behind them is an educator with an "Educators' Manifesto" sign. The caption reads "like a mighty army." This cartoon refers to the Ministers' Manifesto, a statement issued by the Atlanta (Georgia) Christian Council in 1957 to urge the peaceful integration of public schools. A second manifesto, encouraging racial moderation, was issued in the wake of the Temple bombing in 1958. The cartoon, published in 1960, appeared in the Atlanta Constitution. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/ministers-manifesto/m-10670/
- Rights Holder:
- The Baldowski cartoons created for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution are licensed to the Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia Libraries by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Courtesy of Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia, Athens
Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia Libraries - Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/ministers-manifesto
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia
Clifford Baldowski Editorial Cartoon Collection - Contributing Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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